“Disappointed” is how Jodie Sweetin describes how she feels about the fact that her next movie, Craft Me a Romance, will have its debut on Candace Cameron Bure’s Great American Family Network.
It was announced earlier this month that the Christian conservative network has purchased the rights to produce the romantic comedy. One of the seven new movies that will premiere on the network over the next month is titled “Craft Me a Romance.” The film stars Sweetin, Maxwell Caulfield, Julie Brown, J.P. Manoux, and Brent Bailey.
The former cast member of Full House and Fuller House, who is now 41 years old, has sent a statement to ET in which she reacts to the business decision.
According to Sweetin, “Sometimes, as actors, we do not have control over which network buys the projects we are in, nor are we a part of the process in which they get sold.” “So it came as quite a shock to me when I read about it in the press [Thursday] that the independent film I worked on a little over a year ago had been sold to Great American Family,” the actor said. “So I was very surprised to learn that.”
She followed by saying, “I am disappointed, but in keeping with my mission of supporting the LGBTQ+ family, any money made from this sale, potential or future, will be donated to LGBTQ+ organizations.”
People were the ones who broke the news initially. ET has attempted to contact Cameron Bure’s representative for comment but has not yet received a response.
In November, Cameron Bure caused a stir when she said to WSJ Magazine that the network on which she works as chief creative officer will concentrate on “traditional marriage” themes. This statement meant that there were no plans to showcase same-sex couples in any of their movies.
Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin, who played DJ and Stephanie Tanner on Full House and Fuller House, are reportedly in a “pretty serious” disagreement following the controversial remarks made by Bure. A number of celebrities, including Maren Morris and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, have spoken out in response to Bure’s comments, and a source has told ET that the disagreement is “pretty serious.”
A little less than a month after Cameron Bure found herself engaged in controversy (which she subsequently addressed), Neal Bledsoe revealed, through Variety, that he was departing Great American Family Network in response to anti-LGBTQIA+ sentiments made by CEO Bill Abbott and Cameron Bure.
According to the statement he released, he said, “I hope GAF will change, but until everyone can be represented in their films with pride, my choice is clear.” “I am looking forward to working with creators who do not place any restrictions on the stories that we tell and who welcome their values-based message with open arms,” the author said.
